A few weeks back, a personal injury lawyer in Memphis* called to ask how he could serve a defendant in Switzerland.** I told him that the Swiss have a fairly straightforward view of the Hague Service Convention, and
It’s been a while since Civ Pro class, so here’s a quick FRCP refresher. A claim for relief– which is to say, just about any complaint filed in federal court– has to be short. And plain. See Rule 8.
Another hat tip to Ted Folkman for pointing out a great “Case of the Day” last summer. Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. (S. Ct. 2018) was handed down in June, and at
One of the biggest challenges in serving offshore defendant companies is ensuring that they’re properly named (see Always Name Your Defendant Entity Correctly). Closely connected to that issue is the defendant’s address– simply put, if you don’t know where they are,
Two nights ago, my wife and I returned home from an all-too-brief visit to Scotland. The daughter of some old friends got married in a beautiful ceremony in front of stunning seaside views, and then we traveled across the country
[Scotland is, without question, my favorite country to visit, and I’ve been coming since college. Nice people here.]
Most of us in the U.S. have a fairly cinematic image of Scotland in our heads– usually something to do
An interesting story hit the blogosphere a couple of weeks ago (see “MtGox’s US customers try to find Mark Karpeles” over at the FinanceFeeds blog). I won’t pretend to understand the mechanics of the case discussed– the Bitcoin phenomenon and the MtGox security breach lie far outside my
[Author’s Note: In a bit of sad irony, my initial draft of this post was written just as news of Kate Spade’s suicide broke on June 5th. Honestly, I knew very little
[Author’s note: this is the latest in a continuing series of commentary on practice-area-specific applications of the Hague Service Convention and other doctrines of international law governing service abroad– not only service of process, but other notices and orders as well. The obvious irony here is that I’m using two images of the great actor
[Author’s note: this is the latest in a continuing series of commentary on practice-area-specific applications of the Hague Service Convention and other doctrines of international law governing service abroad– not only service of process, but other notices and orders as well.]
It happens all the time. I’ll give a lecture or mention what I do
